Short-Form Video Producer

Advance Local; Port Reading (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Healthcare benefits: medical, dental,

Vision plans included

Mental health support

Flexible spending accounts

Fertility assistance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Parental and caregiver leave

Employee assistance program

Flexible holidays

Job summary

NJ.com is seeking a Short-Form Video Producer who tells compelling stories in the language of TikTok, turning New Jersey news and national trends into daily, engaging content for our social audiences. You will create, shoot, script, and edit videos that spark conversation and grow our 18-30-year-old viewership.

As a content-creator-first role, you’ll work with reporters and editors, publish across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook, and occasionally cover breaking events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience creating and publishing video content on TikTok and/or Instagram.
• Experience growing a social media audience—starting conversations and building engagement.
• Solid understanding of editing tools such as CapCut, Instagram Edits, or Adobe Premiere; Google Drive familiarity.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to write concise scripts.

Responsibilities

• Research, pitch, shoot, script, edit, and publish compelling news and feature videos.
• Embrace versatility in video styles—text-on-screen explainers, interviews, or live coverage—targeting the 18–30 audience.
• Cover NJ events and turn around a short-form video the same day.
• Contribute to newsroom video needs, including breaking news or live video.
• Plan and execute live streams to Facebook.
• Post video across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook following best practices.

Skills

News judgment

Story scripting

Organization

Social media storytelling

TikTok/Instagram growth

Portfolio link

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CapCut

Instagram Edits

Adobe Premiere

Google Drive

Job description

NJ.com is looking for a Short-Form Video Producer who is a passionate storyteller that speaks the language of TikTok — someone who can create engaging, informative video for our social audiences and turn New Jersey news and national trending stories into daily content that resonates.

This is a content-creator-first role — someone who can find and tell their own stories. We're looking for someone who understands how to spark conversation, build engagement, and grow an audience natively on social platforms — with a particular focus on connecting with viewers aged 18-30. Candidates should be native, fluent users of TikTok and/or Instagram, with the news judgment to know what's worth covering and the instincts to know how to make it work on those platforms.

This position is part of the award-winning NJ.com team of video producers, working closely with social media producers, reporters, and editors, and reports to the Video Manager, to bring our journalism to audiences where they already are.

Applicants should include a link to a portfolio or examples of your video work.

The base salary range for this position is $60,000 - $70,000 annually.

This position requires reliable transportation to meet with sources, cover events, and attend last-minute shoots when news breaks. Occasional night and/or weekend hours required to respond to breaking news events.

What you’ll be doing:

• Research, pitch, shoot, script, edit, and publish compelling news and feature videos.
• Embrace versatility in video styles — text-on-screen explainers, interviews, or live coverage — with a focus on growing our 18-30 year old audience.
• Cover newsworthy N.J. events and turn around a short-form video the same day.
• Contribute to the newsroom's broader video needs, including projects and shooting breaking news or live video.
• Plan and execute live streams to Facebook.
• Post video according to best practices across brand social platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook.

Our ideal candidate will have the following:

• A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience creating and publishing video content on TikTok and/or Instagram; experience doesn't need to come from a traditional newsroom, but candidates should demonstrate strong news judgment.
• Experience growing a social media audience — starting conversations, earning trust, and building engagement over time.
• Solid understanding of editing tools such as CapCut, Instagram Edits, or Adobe Premiere, and collaborative tools like Google Drive.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to write clean, concise scripts and execute videos in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong audio recording abilities are a plus.
• Fluency in a second language is a plus.

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Advance Local Media offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans, mental health support options, flexible spending accounts, fertility assistance, a competitive 401(k) plan to help plan for your future, generous paid time off, paid parental and caregiver leave and an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance, optional legal assistance, life insurance options, as well as flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity.

NJ Advance Media is a part of Advance Local Media, one of the largest media groups in the United States, which operates the leading news and information companies in more than 20 cities, reaching 52+ million people monthly with our quality, real-time journalism and community engagement. Our company is built upon the values of Integrity, Customer-first, Inclusiveness, Collaboration and Forward-looking. For more information about Advance Local, please visit www.advancelocal.com.

NJ Advance Media is a company positioned for the future. We embrace the rapidly evolving digital landscape and are committed to developing new solutions across current and emerging media to help advertisers grow their businesses. In addition to flexible advertising opportunities with powerful media vehicles that we represent, we offer custom digital solutions from web and mobile site development, to a sophisticated array of search and social media optimization and targeted display solutions to reach audiences on all platforms.

Our focus is on developing a real-time approach to reporting news, sports and entertainment content for consumption across all platforms and devices throughout New Jersey and Easton, PA. On nj.com and lehighvalleylive.com, we ensure the communities we serve have 24/7 access to the news and information that's most relevant locally, regionally and beyond. Our quality journalism and in-depth coverage is provided locally in The Star-Ledger, The Times of Trenton, South Jersey Times and The Express-Times.

Advance Local Media is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Advance Local Media does not provide sponsorship for work visas or employment authorization in the United States. Only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered for this position.